Bible Verses About Educating Our Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for educating our children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,820 votes, led by Proverbs 22:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Educating Our Children
Proverbs 22:6173 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4121 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6:5-781 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
2 Timothy 3:1667 votes
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Proverbs 1:8-958 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Deuteronomy 11:1940 votes
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Colossians 3:2136 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 29:1535 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 13:2433 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Psalms 127:332 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:3-531 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Isaiah 54:1329 votes
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Deuteronomy 6:726 votes
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Proverbs 22:1525 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-1425 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:1724 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Deuteronomy 4:923 votes
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
Proverbs 20:1123 votes
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Ephesians 6:1-423 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Psalms 23:1-622 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Proverbs 3:5-622 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
2 Timothy 3:14-1522 votes
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
Matthew 19:1421 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Exodus 20:1220 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
2 Timothy 3:16-1720 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
What does the Bible say about educating our children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of educating our children. Across 1,820 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:5-7, 2 Timothy 3:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.